ATI Drivers fgl_glxgears hangs computer

Fluggo · 05-07-2006, 05:23 AM

Hello
Have installed ATI 8.24.8 drivers on a Slackware 10.2 install (Upgraded to current). Whenever I try to run for example fgl_glxgears the computer freezes after about 5 sec then the screen becomes black.
fgl_glxgears -fbo works with about 840 FPS and has been tested for about 10 minutes without hang.
Quake 4 hangs after about 15 sec in the menues.

FireGL Mobility V5000 PCIe 256MB (Fujitsu-Siemens Celsius laptop)
Linux 2.6.15 Kernel with AGPGART compiled into kernel. I also tested and compiled Intel AGP support into kernel without success. Still hangs when running fgl_glxgears without -fbo.

Uses MESA drivers if no AGPGART is compiled into kernel. Do I really need this on a PCIe system ? Any settings in xorg.conf I have to specify that I don't know about ?

glxgears

Code:

18545 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3708.814 FPS

glxinfo

Code:

name of display: :0.0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
    GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe, GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier,
    GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.3
client glx extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float,
    GLX_ATI_render_texture
GLX extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_ARB_multisample
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY FireGL V5000 Pentium 4 (SSE2) (FireGL) (GNU_ICD)
OpenGL version string: 2.0.5755 (8.24.8)
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array,
    GL_S3_s3tc, GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_fragment_program,
    GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_fragment_shader, GL_ARB_imaging,
    GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_point_parameters,
    GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shader_objects, GL_ARB_shading_language_100,
    GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_shadow_ambient, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
    GL_ARB_texture_compression, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
    GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix,
    GL_ARB_vertex_blend, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, GL_ARB_vertex_program,
    GL_ARB_vertex_shader, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_ARB_draw_buffers,
    GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_element_array, GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap,
    GL_ATI_fragment_shader, GL_ATI_map_object_buffer, GL_ATI_separate_stencil,
    GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATI_texture_float,
    GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once, GL_ATI_vertex_array_object,
    GL_ATI_vertex_attrib_array_object, GL_ATI_vertex_streams,
    GL_ATIX_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATIX_texture_env_route,
    GL_ATIX_vertex_shader_output_point_size, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra,
    GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_minmax,
    GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint,
    GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object,
    GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_point_parameters,
    GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
    GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap,
    GL_EXT_texgen_reflection, GL_EXT_texture3D,
    GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_cube_map,
    GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine,
    GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic,
    GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp,
    GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array,
    GL_EXT_vertex_shader, GL_HP_occlusion_test, GL_NV_blend_square,
    GL_NV_occlusion_query, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_SGI_color_matrix,
    GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp,
    GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
    GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

Linux.tar.gz · 05-07-2006, 09:54 PM

ATI is crap. You have to run an old kernel.

Fluggo · 05-08-2006, 05:05 PM

How old ? Currently running 2.6.14.7. Still the same problem.
I can see that I get compile errors for fglrx when looking at the fglrx-install.log. intermodule among other things.

Which is the latest kernel that still has support for intermodule as I have read that the kernel or the fglrx module needs to be patched for this?

vbisis · 05-09-2006, 12:58 AM

Ati is crap for sure.

Well I have only random hangs, I also use Slackware 10.2 and the ati driver 8.24.8, but kernel 2.6.14( default Slackware, execpt high memory support ) . But I have hangs with Windows too, so it is the driver for sure, only good with windows driver is, it has a vpu recover option which resets graphics adapter when it crashes.

So I guess, waiting for the next driver release, which should be in may, might improve the situation, though I guess not really fix it.

Linux.tar.gz · 05-09-2006, 07:36 AM

I installed a 2.6.11...